Tag: Indian Trade Marks Act

The primary objective of intellectual property (IP) law is to encourage creativity and innovation; the law must also maintain a fine balance such that the use of such creativity and innovation is not prevented outright, but also not abused. This is why IP and IP-related laws have requirements like demonstrating the working of patents in a jurisdiction, or preventing domain squatting, and so on. ......

Food is a language that connects everyone worldwide. Cuisines change every few hundred miles, food habits and preferences vary with the climate, and families have their own culinary secrets that get passed on from generation to generation. Everyone has something to share and protect. ......

Under Indian trade mark law, the term “well-known trademark” refers to a mark which has become so well-known to a substantial segment of the public through its extensive and continuous use such that its use in relation to any other goods or services by another party may be taken as indicating a connection between the two parties. ......